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Quantum Authenticated Direct Communication Using Bell States

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Two protocols of quantum direct communication with authentication [Phys. Rev. A 73:042305, 2006] were recently proposed by Lee, Lim and Yang, based on the correlation of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states. However, Zhang et al. showed that in the two protocols the authenticator Trent can eavesdrop the secret message by subtle strategies [Phys. Rev. A 75:026301, 2007]. In this paper, we propose two authenticated quantum direct communication (AQDC) protocols using Bell states. Users can identify each other by checking the correlation of Bell states. Alice can directly send a secret message to Bob without any previously shared secret using the remaining Bell states after authentication. The two proposed AQDC protocols are implemented under the condition that there is a quantum link between Alice and Bob and that there is no quantum link between Alice and Bob respectively, similar to the ones proposed by Lee, Lim and Yang [Phys. Rev. A 73:042305, 2006]. The proposed AQDC protocols not only fix the leaks in the AQDC protocols proposed by Lee, Lim and Yang, but also economize the quantum resource.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61170270, 61003290); The Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant Nos. 20091103120014, 20090005110010); Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 4122008, 1102004); the ISN open Foundation; Graduate Science and Technology Innovation Foundation (Nos. ykj-2012-7071, ykj-2012-7070) in Beijing University of Technology.

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    Yu-Guang Yang, Ju Tian & Juan Xia

  2. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Network, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710071, China

    Yu-Guang Yang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

    Hua Zhang

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Yang, YG., Tian, J., Xia, J. et al. Quantum Authenticated Direct Communication Using Bell States. Int J Theor Phys 52, 336–344 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-012-1347-8

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